Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game

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seanwalton
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Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game Jan 24, 2017 18:02:57 GMT Lord Ba'al, 13thGeneral, and 4 more like this

Post by seanwalton on Jan 24, 2017 18:02:57 GMT

I've been working on a god game for the past year and someone suggested I post it here - I hope this is okay!

In a universe driven by targets, a faceless corporation employs you to create an evolving ecosystem you can never hope to control...

Intelligent Design is a sandbox god game with fully simulated genetics and evolution. You create species of plants, herbivores and carnivores, but once created you can only sit back and watch evolution happen. As your ecosystem develops you will build research stations to study your creatures. Research allows you to unlock genetic engineering abilities, which can lead to some really weird and unexpected consequences. Great power comes with great responsibility however, since when you start tampering with genetics it is hard to undo your mistakes...

You can download the game from here. It is pay-what-you-want. I'm also running a steam greenlight campaign and more info can be found on my indieDB page.

Last Edit: Jan 24, 2017 18:03:31 GMT by seanwalton

greay Master Posts: 374 Pledge level: Supporter	Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game Jan 24, 2017 21:19:09 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by greay on Jan 24, 2017 21:19:09 GMT Nice. I've only spent a few minutes with it, so I don't have a much feedback yet, but this is definitely my jam. I look forward to playing more & following its development.

seanwalton Hesitator Posts: 3	Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game Jan 24, 2017 22:05:25 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seanwalton on Jan 24, 2017 22:05:25 GMT Thanks!

13thGeneral Young God Productively Procrastinating Posts: 1,973 Pledge level: Supporter	Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game Feb 12, 2017 18:00:53 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 13thGeneral on Feb 12, 2017 18:00:53 GMT Wow, a really interesting concept. Looking forward to giving it a try.
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Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game Feb 13, 2017 2:53:53 GMT Spiderweb likes this

Post by Lord Ba'al on Feb 13, 2017 2:53:53 GMT

Hey seanwalton. I finally got around to giving your game a try. The free version that is. Technically I don't think it falls in the category of godgames, but I find it quite interesting nonetheless. I played it for an hour or two and I'm sure I would have played it for a lot longer had my computer not overheated and shut itself down (right when I was about to plop down a second radar). Don't worry, that is not due to your game. Well it was, but that's just because this laptop is old and has issues.

Regarding your game, I quite like the concept. At least as far as I've gotten. I don't know yet how far it will go. It took a little getting used to the interface. I'm sure I will give it another try.

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Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game Feb 13, 2017 9:36:11 GMT Lord Ba'al likes this

Post by Spiderweb on Feb 13, 2017 9:36:11 GMT

Feb 13, 2017 2:53:53 GMT Lord Ba'al said:

Hey seanwalton . I finally got around to giving your game a try. The free version that is. Technically I don't think it falls in the category of godgames, but I find it quite interesting nonetheless. I played it for an hour or two and I'm sure I would have played it for a lot longer had my computer not overheated and shut itself down (right when I was about to plop down a second radar). Don't worry, that is not due to your game. Well it was, but that's just because this laptop is old and has issues.

Regarding your game, I quite like the concept. At least as far as I've gotten. I don't know yet how far it will go. It took a little getting used to the interface. I'm sure I will give it another try.

Pretty much my sentiment, plus my work laptop overheated (but not a great graphics card).

13thGeneral Young God Productively Procrastinating Posts: 1,973 Pledge level: Supporter	Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox God Game May 12, 2017 21:24:55 GMT via mobile Lord Ba'al likes this Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 13thGeneral on May 12, 2017 21:24:55 GMT It's apparently available on Steam now, as of this week. And it's on discount. store.steampowered.com/app/627620/Intelligent_Design_An_Evolutionary_Sandbox/
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